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picture into the future of the US look there to Canada what they are doing now what they are

permitting there and what they are getting away with there may be what will be happening in

the US if assisted suicide continues its long march through our medical institutions.

Welcome back to Issues, Et cetera. I'm Todd Wilkin, joining us to talk about physician-assisted

suicide in Canada. Logan Washburn, he's a staff writer and author of recent columns

for the Federalist on Physician Assisted Suicide in Canada., a spring 2025 fellow for the college fix.

Logan, welcome.

Hi, Todd.

Thanks for having me on the show.

What is this term of art medical assistance in dying up in Canada?

Well, it's essentially a whitewashed, medicalized term for euthanasia.

And I don't even like the term

euthanasia because you connotes good. And so, yeah, it essentially means when doctors can kill

their patients. What have investigations revealed about what's happening under Canada's

medical assistance in dying laws?

The first thing that's very troubling is that Canadian doctors are pushing euthanasia on some of their disabled patients,

even those that have expressed opposition to it. So if they're disabled in the long term and viewed as costly or inconvenient for the universal

healthcare system, they are repeatedly urged to accept made or euthanasia, whatever you want

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